Penn State officials charged with perjury
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Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and another school administrator were charged with perjury and failure to report in an investigation into allegations that former football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abused eight young men, authorities said Saturday.
State prosecutors said Mr. Sandusky, 67, of State College, was arrested at 9:45 a.m. today. He was arraigned at 11 a.m. before Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot and released on $100,000 bond. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Wednesday.
Mr. Curley, 57, and Penn State vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz, 62, both of Boalsburg, were expected to turn themselves in Monday in Harrisburg, according to the attorney general's office. Mr. Schultz's position includes oversight of the university's police department.
At least one of the incidents was reported to head football coach Joe Paterno, who has testified that he told Mr. Curley about the incident the following day, according to prosecutors. Mr. Paterno has not been charged.
Mr. Sandusky, who worked with at-risk children through his Second Mile foundation, was charged with seven counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse; eight counts of corruption of minors, eight counts of endangering the welfare of a child, seven counts of indecent assault and other offenses. All of the assaulted children met Mr. Sandusky through Second Mile activities, according to prosecutors. Mr. Sandusky is originally from Washington, Pa.
After a graduate assistant saw Mr. Sandusky assaulting a young boy in a shower in the locker room of the Lasch Football Building in 2002 and reported the incident to Mr. Paterno, Mr. Curley and Mr. Schultz, Mr. Sandusky was banned from bringing children from Second Mile to the Penn State campus, according to Attorney General Linda Kelly.
The ban was "reviewed and approved by University President Graham Spanier without any further inquiry on his part," according to a statement by Ms. Kelly.
First Published November 5, 2011 11:03 am
